Why do we write (or read) about sports? What is it about the athletic competition of complete strangers that puts us on the edge of our seats and makes us sacrifice time, mental solitude and, most importantly, dollars to feel like a part of the action involving our school or team?
And, in the end, do sports really matter?
I think this past calendar year, give or take a few weeks, has been pretty hard on us all. The year 2020 was, from the bird’s eye view of many, one of the worst years of human existence or, at the very least, our lives to this point.